The Secret History of Our Streets

The Secret History of Our Streets is a BBC documentary series that examined the social history of streets. It was a co-production between the BBC and The Open University.

GenreDocumentary

Directed byJoseph Bullman (series 1); Russell England (series 2)

Narrated bySteven Mackintosh

Theme music composerMatthew Cracknell

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The Secret History of Our Streets
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Joseph Bullman (series 1); Russell England (series 2)
Narrated by	Steven Mackintosh
Theme music composer	Matthew Cracknell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producers	Simon Ford (series 1&2); Katie Bailiff (series 2)
Producers	Katie Bailiff & Joseph Bullman (series 1); Russell England (series 2)
Cinematography	Mark Wolf (series 1); Alistair McCormick (series 2)
Editors	Michael Harrowes (series 1); Simon Greenwood (series 2)
Production companies	The Open University; Century Films; Halcyons Heart Films
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	6 June 2012 (2012-06-06) – 5 August 2014 (2014-08-05)
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A House Through Time

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The first series showed how London has changed since Charles Booth's survey of social conditions began in 1886,^[1][2] while the second series focused on three streets in Scotland.